The system
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The independent index · international careers
Careers for people building a better world.
Every live vacancy at the UN system, development banks, EU institutions and INGOs — and a page that shows hiring panels who you are, not just where you've worked.
386 organizations · 148 official sources · updated daily
5,201
Live vacancies
386
Organizations
148
Official sources
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1,296 vacancies close within 7 days
Closing this week →United Nations Children's Fund · Indonesia
Closes 20 Oct 2026
Internship - Social & Behavior Change, 26 weeks, Colombo Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan nationals only)new
United Nations Children's Fund · Sri Lanka
Closes 22 Oct 2026
National Consultant-Integrating Climate and Environment into Teacher Training(CSESI) 1new
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization · Maldives, Maldives
Advisor, RMOD and Head, RMOD-RMUnew
Asian Development Bank
Procurement Officer-Damacusnew
International Rescue Committee · Syrian Arab Republic · Job
Closes 21 Oct 2026
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Your page
The application is a PDF. You aren't.
changemaker gives you a living page — projects, impact and a short video introduction — so panels meet a person, not a form.
- 01Drop your CV — your page drafts itself in seconds.
- 02Add proof: projects, missions, skills and outcomes that a two-page CV can't hold.
- 03Record a 90-second video intro and share one link with every application.
Premium · video applications
Don't just apply.
Let them meet you.
On paper, everyone looks the same. Record a 90-second, role-specific video, share one link that opens without an account — and see the moment the hiring manager watches.
- Target
- Paste the job ad — AI drafts your talking points.
- Record
- One take from your laptop, teleprompter built in.
- Track
- A clean link — and you're told when they open it.
Field notes
Prepare like an insider.
How the system works, how panels score, and how to be the candidate they remember.
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For employers
Hiring? Put your role in front of people who already work in international development.
Questions
What changemaker is, and how it works.
Straight answers about the candidate page, the job index, and what membership includes.
- What is changemaker?
- changemaker (changemakerhq.org) helps mission-driven people build careers at international organizations. It combines two things: an AI-drafted candidate page — a living portfolio with projects, impact and a 90-second video introduction — and the complete index of 5,201 live vacancies from 386 organizations across the UN system, development banks, EU institutions and INGOs.
- How does the candidate portfolio work?
- Membership gives you a public page at changemakerhq.org/p/your-name that says what a two-page CV can't: projects with real outcomes, an experience timeline, skills with levels, and a short video introduction. AI helps you draft it in minutes. You then share one link with every application, so hiring panels meet a person, not a form.
- Which organizations and jobs does changemaker cover?
- changemaker indexes 5,201 live vacancies from 386 organizations — UN agencies and the UN Secretariat, multilateral development banks (World Bank, EBRD, IDB and others), EU institutions, intergovernmental organizations and major international NGOs. Listings are collected from official sources, refreshed multiple times a day, and each one links straight to the hiring organization's own application.
- Is changemaker free?
- Browsing and searching every vacancy is free, and so are email job alerts. The candidate page comes with membership ($3.50 a month, billed annually): your live page, a 90-second video introduction and video applications. changemaker never charges candidates to apply, and every job links to the official application portal.
- Where do I apply for the jobs?
- Always at the source. changemaker does not accept applications itself — each listing deep-links to the hiring organization's own official application, so your data is handled by the employer, not by us. Your changemaker page is the link you attach to strengthen that application.
- Can I get alerts for new international jobs?
- Yes. Free email job alerts let you pick the sector, region and grade you want, and changemaker emails you matching UN, NGO and international-organization vacancies as they go live — no account required.
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